What Is Jailbreaking And Will It Work For Your iPhone, iPad, Or iPod Touch?
Apple products such as iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad have their own limitations imposed by Apple itself. These limitations are set by Apple to maintain the quality of their products and to ensure that the applications running on the gadgets will not cause any harm or damage to the device and to the user itself.
However, there is a method that can remove these limitations, allowing root access to the device. This method is called jailbreaking.
What is jailbreaking and what does it do?
Jailbreaking or iOS jailbreaking is the process of removing the limitations on devices that run on iOS operating system. The devices that you can jailbreak are iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and the 2nd Gen Apple TV. Jailbreaking will allow the user to gain access to the root access of the operating system. Users will be able to download applications, themes, and extensions that are not available in the Apple App Store. Devices that are jailbroken can still function normally, it can still make phone calls, send SMS, connect to wifi and access the internet, and it can even use the App store and iTunes. The only difference is that it can download the other applications that were restricted by Apple.
How do you do it?
Jailbreaking requires some technical knowledge on the different parts of an iPhone or other Apple device. However, there are a lot of developers that made jailbreaking simpler and easier. You can find several installers and automated tools that make jailbreaking easier to do. There is no need for you to know all the technical terms in jailbreaking, just simply follow the instructions carefully for you to successfully jailbreak your iPhone. JailbreakMe and BlackRa1n are just some of the software that you can use to jailbreak your iPhone. If you don’t have an iPhone yet you can read the iPhone 4S product review to learn more.
What are the benefits of jailbreaking?
- Unlimited Access to Cool Apps – Apple App store has a lot of cool legit applications and themes that you can download, however when you jailbreak your phone, you get a more variety of cool applications that you can download. Most of the tools used in jailbreaking will install Cydia on your phone, this is a hub of all the banned or illegitimate applications and themes for iPhone.
- Fully Reversible – this benefit applies to some of the jailbreaking tools like the JailbreakMe. If you are not satisfied with the outcome of your jailbroken phone, then you can easily restore it back to its defaults.
- Customize your iPhone – you can easily customize your iPhone and making it unique. You can download applications and themes that can best define your personality.
- FaceTime video chat over 3G – the FaceTime is a new feature from iPhone, but it only works over a wi-fi network. You can download applications from Cydia that allows you to fool your phone that you are connected to a wi-fi network.
What are the cons to jailbreaking?
- Security – your phone’s security can be compromised when you jailbreak your phone. This is because the illegitimate applications can be full of malware or virus that can compromise your security. It can even download your information.
- Bricking – your phone may be unusable after you jailbreak it and you will have to restore it to default settings before it will work again.
- Warranty is Void – jailbreaking is legal in the United States, but Apple declared that jailbreaking your iPhone will void its warranty.
